JAKARTA (Reuters Life!) - The palm oil industry has gone bird crazy by drafting owls to combat the menace of rodent pests, hoping in the process to burnish its green credentials and save money. Full story

The U.S. bat population is threatened by something called white-nose syndrome, a deadly fungal infection that the bats pick up while hibernating. That's bad news for farmers, who often rely on the nocturnal creatures to eat bothersome insects. Full story